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It's the biggest catalog of the year. Think of the September issue of Vogue, but it's more important to Pawnee. Mainly because we don't get Vogue here.
Leslie Knope

"Summer Catalog" is the twentieth episode in the second season of the NBC television series Parks and Recreation. It originally aired on March 25, 2010 to 4.47 million viewers.

Synopsis[]

As she prepares the Summer Events Catalogue, Leslie decides to take Ron and the past directors of the Parks Department out for a picnic lunch.

Storyline[]

Leslie is working on the Parks Department summer catalog and plans to have Ron and his three predecessors get together for a picnic in the park. The rest of the department has to work on the cover of the catalog while Tom is charged with the duty of finding a good cover picture. He convinces Mark and Ann (who've just exchanged six-month anniversary gifts) to come with him and model for the cover.

At the picnic, Leslie's hopes for a joyous occasion are dashed by how none of the four men get along with each other - David Moser litters repeatedly, treats everybody disrespectfully, and claims he never cared about the parks; Clarence Carrington exhibits a sexist attitude, and claims Leslie would not be fit to be Parks Director; Michael Tansley (whom Ron forced out of the Department Director job years ago) constantly talks about his affinity for marijuana; finally Ron exhibits his usual apathetic attitude and cares only about the food. As this is going on, Andy and April trade jokes and continue to bond as they set up the picnic. Andy suggests they go out for a drink later that night, which she accepts.

Tom takes pictures of Ann and Mark with a little boy at a local park. While Mark and the boy are doing fine, Tom becomes increasingly frustrated with Ann, who can't seem to smile naturally in any of the pictures. He scolds her and tells her to do a better job, causing Ann to storm off.

During the picnic, Leslie tries to get the directors to talk about the parks, but all they do is argue. She finally has enough of the directors' squabbling and has Andy just take their picture, ending the picnic. Later that day, Leslie and April look over the picture of the directors and agree it's not good to use. When Tom shows them the finished photos he took of Ann and Mark, Ann agrees that she looks terrible and asks that the pictures not be used. Mark becomes concerned that Ann's inability to look happy in their pictures is a reflection of their relationship. She insists everything is fine, but he's unconvinced.

Andy and April go to a bar, but April can't get in because she is underage. April tells Andy they can go try another bar, but Andy decides to go home instead. Leslie confronts Ron about his behavior. He takes her out to dinner at JJ's Diner to make up for the picnic. She worries that the two of them will end up hating each other. He says that won't happen and that she can be park director when he becomes city manager. When the new catalogs arrive, the photo on the cover is a selfie of Andy and April, happy together at the picnic. Leslie and Ron meanwhile tape the picture of the other directors to a dartboard and entertain themselves.

Cast[]

Quotes[]

Ron: Leslie, my first wife Tammy tried throwing me a surprise birthday party. When I saw my friends hiding through the window, I drove to a gas station, called the cops and told them people had broken into my home. I'm not big on surprises.

April: Can you Photoshop your life with better decisions, Jerry?

April: I used to play softball.
Andy: I used to play baseball! It's like the boy version of softball.

Leslie: This is taking a lot longer than I thought it would. Can you guys run up ahead and set up the picnic?
Andy: Sure. [he and April take off with the food]
Ron: Ah, where are they going with the food? I'm starving - I only had one breakfast.

Ron: [getting impatient] I'm hungry.
Leslie: Okay, well, don't be such a baby. I cooked you some bacon for a trail snack.
Ron: I ate it already.
Leslie: What??
Ron: I could smell it in your purse before I even parked my car. And now it's gone and I hate everything. [runs away upset as Leslie looks on in tired confusion]

Leslie: [showing the picnic area] Here we are!
Ron: Eat! [he quickly runs to the picnic area]

Clarence: I don't think that's a good idea. Women need a lot of blood to flow through to their baby centers, which leaves less to the brain, you see?

Andy: So if you had to sleep with one of the old guys, who'd it be?
April: The super old one.
Andy: Really?
April: Mm-hm. I'm an eyebrow girl. I want to make out with him and chew his eyebrows off.

Leslie: [entering Ron's office] Hey, Ron! You want me to read you what I have so far on my Welcome letter? Nothing. [shows him a blank paper] Because you and your jerk predecessors didn't give me anything to work with. [tosses the paper to him]
Ron: Did you print this out? I heard the printer going.
Leslie: Yes.
Ron: You could've just handed me a blank piece of paper.
Leslie: [sarcastically] Ohh, wisdom! Finally! Thank you so much.

Leslie: You can also keep the photo. Thanks for the memories.
[She tosses the photo to Ron and he looks at it - depicting him and his three predecessors engaging in a censored homosexual orgy]
Ron: [shocked] Good God. I don't remember this. [shows the photo to Leslie]
Leslie: That-That's the wrong one. [takes the photo away] But the real ones very bad, as well.

Leslie: Why would anybody ever eat anything besides breakfast food?
Ron: People are idiots, Leslie.

[Leslie and Ron are playing darts and use the photo of Ron's predecessors as a target; Ron throws a dart and it lands in Clarence's crotch]
Leslie: Ohh, nice shot!
Ron: Right in Clarence's ancient junk.
[Leslie throws a dart and it lands in David's neck]
Ron: OHH!
Leslie: OHH, in the neck!

Trivia[]

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